Mother Of Sorrow's Church

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  goide B (guest)

  CHURCH OF MOTHER OF SORROWS Udupi P.O. - 576 101 Udupi District TELEPHONE: 53 1908 LOCATION: This church is situated at a distance of 60 kms to the north of Mangalore and is surrounded by Kalmady, Perampally, Moodubelle and Udyavar parishes. PARISH PRIEST: V. Rev. Fr Anthony Serrao CATHOLIC POPULATION : Total : 1,742 Male : 652 Female : 998 NO. OF CATHOLIC FAMILIES: 402 NO. OF PARISH WARDS: 12 PARISH NEWSLETTER: Ekvott (Quarterly) HISTORY: Udupi was originally a part of the Mount Rosary church, Kallianpur. In 1879, the Tahashildar, Nicolas Britto, along with Jacob Alva and Philip Fernandes requested the Bishop for a church at Udupi. Bishop Nicholas Pagani sj by a decree of November 26, 1880 opened a chapel here dedicated to Our Lady of Dolours. It was served from Kallianpur. The church had 1.52 acres of land. It was constituted an independent parish by Bishop Pagani in 1890, with Fr J.M. Masse as the first parish priest. Fr Casimir Menezes (1913-1932) constructed the church which was blessed by Bishop Perini S.J. on February 8, 1918. Fr Denis Sequeira (1932-1941) had new altar of teakwood made. Fr Alexander B. Pinto erected an open-air stage and grotto. Fr Gaulbert Noronha (1957-1969) built the Don Bosco Hall and the L shaped shopping complex. The church celebrated its centenary in 1980 and foundation for the new church was laid by Bishop Basil D’Souza on November 24, 1980. Fr Joseph Peter Tauro, the 20th parish priest of Udupi, constructed the new diamond shaped church building and it was blessed by the Bishop on May 17, 1984. The sanctuary Crucifix, a piece of art, was the work of Mr Raymond Alvares of Bondel. Fr Denis Sequeira started St Mary’s Primary School in 1940. http://www.mangalorean.com/ekata/cdetail.php?chid=152

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  Joel (guest)

  pls Give me the telephone new no. With std code urgent....

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